Castello Summer of Blue — Apricot and Blue Cheese Scones

PARTNER POST – Get inspired with creatively crafted Castello Blue Cheese as we celebrate a Summer of Blue with #BluesdayTuesday.
Sweet, nutty, and with pockets of creamy blue cheese, these scones are perfect with your morning coffee and can be baking in your oven in no time.
By Vicky Cassidy

What do I do with a beautiful, luxurious, creamy wedge of blue cheese?

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My first instinct is to break off chunks with my hands and eat it in quantities that I only allow when I’m home alone with a bottle of wine. My second instinct is to toss it into a lovely summer salad, which is equally delicious and significantly less embarrassing.

My third instinct is to bake it onto a flatbread with figs and arugula or to spread it onto a crostini.

But, instead of all of those delicious ideas, let’s put it is scones. Scones, unlike my arch-nemesis the croissant, are incredibly easy to bake at home. Croissants are much more enjoyable (and usually taste better) when eaten at your local bakery or coffee shop. It also means that you weren’t the one that had to get up at 3:00AM so you could eat it for breakfast.

But scones, these you can make at home in under an hour. You can even freeze the dough and bake it in the morning for that extra fresh straight-out-of-the-oven taste.

Castello’s Noble Blue cheese is creamy and slightly spicy and pairs wonderfully with dried apricots and walnuts. When baked into a scone, it creates little pockets of melted deliciousness that you’ll love biting into.

Sweet, nutty, creamy, and slightly salty—now that’s the type of breakfast I can get excited about. A tea or coffee in hand, it tastes like perfection.